juliabusybee
New Bee
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2011
- Messages
- 35
- Reaction score
- 4
- Location
- Strathpeffer near Inverness
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 1
Inspected today couldn't see any stores.
Bees are bringing in pollen, but couldn't see any pollen stored either.
I have this arrangement...
Base
Super (which did have honey in over the winter, now empty, but this honey was tainted with Apistan so I decdied to give it to them so under supered).
Brood (can't see any stores) there is capped and some uncapped brood and drone cells.
Queen Excluder
Super with drawn foundation
Crown Board
Roof
Should I add a feeder immediately and what sort of sugar syrup?
Also should I remove the under super, I havn't seen the queen but presume (unwisely) that she is in the brood box. How can I get the under super away and be guarranteed the queen isn't there?
Any help most gratefully received ....
Julia
Bees are bringing in pollen, but couldn't see any pollen stored either.
I have this arrangement...
Base
Super (which did have honey in over the winter, now empty, but this honey was tainted with Apistan so I decdied to give it to them so under supered).
Brood (can't see any stores) there is capped and some uncapped brood and drone cells.
Queen Excluder
Super with drawn foundation
Crown Board
Roof
Should I add a feeder immediately and what sort of sugar syrup?
Also should I remove the under super, I havn't seen the queen but presume (unwisely) that she is in the brood box. How can I get the under super away and be guarranteed the queen isn't there?
Any help most gratefully received ....
Julia